Brown, Roy M. (Roy Melton)

Roy M. Brown held various administrative positions in North Carolina state public welfare agencies, 1921-1934, and was director of the Division of Public Welfare and Social Work (now the School of Social Work), University of North Carolina, 1936-1945.

Roy M. (Roy Melton) Brown (1878-1962) held various administrative positions in North Carolina state public welfare agencies, 1921-1934, and was director of the Division of Public Welfare and Social Work (now the School of Social Work), University of North Carolina, 1936-1945. Brown was born near Boone, N.C., and was educated at the University of North Carolina. He taught English in North Carolina public schools, 1898-1908, and at Appalachian State Teacher's College, 1908-1919. Brown wrote, in cooperation with Jesse F. Steiner, The North Carolina Chain Gang, 1927, and Public Poor Relief in North Carolina, 1928.